Fixing Country Roads

The first two rounds of the ‘Fixing Country Roads’ program have so far provided $90 million in funding for 138 projects across regional NSW.

The NSW Government will invest over $30 million to improve five regional roads in the Barwon electorate, which covers 44 per cent of the land mass of NSW:

$21.3 million in funding to Brewarrina Shire Council for massive construction and sealing of 96 kilometres of Goodooga Road, which will result in a one-way trip saving of $200 in fuel and one hour in time

$1 million in funding to Cobar Shire Council, which will see the 11.8 kilometres of gravel between two sealed sections of the Grain Road upgraded

$1.9 million in funding for the Coonamble Shire and Warren Shire Councils to upgrade Warren Road

$5.4 million in funding for Walgett Shire Council for the upgrade of the remaining 25 kilometres of the unsealed Bugilbone Road

$2 million in funding for the Narrabri Shire Council to upgrade over 20 kilometres of Pilliga Road between Pilliga and Wee Waa.

Improving major roads means Barwon farmers, who produce around 1.8 million tonnes of grain a year, will be safer on the roads, spend less time in transit and deliver more produce to ports.

The funding for these five projects was in addition to the $200 million Fixing Country Roads program to help facilitate priority projects.